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D. M. & T. H. PARRY.

(No Model.)

VEHICLE SEAT.

No. 398,179. Patented Feb. 19, 1889.

NITED STATES ATENT WFFICE.

DAVID M. PARRY AND THOMAS H. PARRY, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

VEHICLE=SEAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 398,179, dated February19, 1889.

Application filed November 17, 1888. Serial No.29l,163. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, DAVID M. PARRY and THOMAS H. PARRY, citizens of theUnited States, residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion andState of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inVehicle-Seats; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the il'ivention, such as will enableothers skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to imjn'ovemenis in seats for two-wheeledvehicles-such sulkies, road-carts, &o.the object of the invention beingto produce a cheap, durable, and light seat for two-wheeled vehiclesthat will have resilient qualities, whereby it will readily yield toweight caused by sudden jars in riding, to thereby obviate thedisagreeable rebounds experienced with seats of ordinary construction. I

Another object of theinvention is to so construct and arrange the partsof the seat that should any part become broken it may be quickly removedand replaced without disturbing the other parts.

The invention consists in certain details of construction and in thespecial combination and arrangement of the several parts of the seat,substantially as hereinafter described, and set forth in the claims.

Figure 1 represents a front view of a seat slightly inclined,constructed in accordance with our invention; Fig. 2, enlarged sectionaldetail showin the manner in which the slats are secured in the frame;Fig. 3, an enlarged perspective detail showing a modified constructionof frame and arrangement of slats. Fig. 4 is a modification.

The seat, which is secured to the vehicle in any usual or suitablemanner, consists, essentially, of the front and back rails, A B, and endrails, G D, (which constitute the open frame,) the guard-rail E, itssupports e, and the slats F. The rails which constitute the frame willbe secured together in the usual manner by dovetailing or otherwise.

The front and back rails, A B, will have their inner faces groovedlongitudii'ially their entire length, as shown at a, to receive the endsof the slats F, which slats willbe slipped in preferably from the endsof said rails before the frame is put together. They may be insertedafter the frame is put together, if desired, which will be hereinafterdescribed.

The guard-rail E will be of usual construction and arrangement.

The slats F will be made, preferably, 0 f thin strips of elasticwoodsuch as hickory-but may, if desired,be made from resilient metal,such as spring-steel. These slats, as shown in the drawings, Figs. 1 and2, will preferably be secured in the groove a, by nails or otherwise,with their adjacent edges remote from each other, s meingblocks G beingpreferably secured. in the groove a, by gluing or otherwise, between theslats to prevent lateral or side movement of the same, as shown in Fig.3. The slats F might, however, be loosely seated at their ends in thegrooves a, it being preferal'lle, however, to secure them at their endsby pins or nails, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, to prevent accidentaldisplacement, an elongated hole being preferably formed in the end ofthe slat, through. which the pin or nail eX- tends to allow aslightlongitudinal movement of the slat.

By withdrawing the pin. or nail, if either is used, and bending a slatat its center it may be quickly taken out, which is advantageous, as newslats may be quickly secured in place when the old ones become damaged.

The construction forms a light and very easy-riding seat, especially fortwo-wheeled vehicles, which are subjected to greater jars than heavyvehicles, and is less liable to become broken than a seat having a solidwooden bottom, as solid-bottom seats are apt to crack and break fromwarpincaused by expansion and swelling.

The seats herein described will not warp, as sufficient play is allowedin the groove to for expansion and swelling.

In Fig. 3 the slats are shown as resting upon a flange formed on thefront and back rails of the seat, and as secured from the top, the inneredges of the said rails being rabbeted to receive each aretaining-strip, b, which is set into said rabbet and secured to therails near their ends, the said strip having alternate notched andprojected portions to fit around the slats F. If desired, thisretaining-strip I) may be of elastic material, movably secured at oneend, whereby the slats as they are depressed at their centers willstrike at their ends against the retaining-strips, which will yieldsomewhat, thus relieving the slats of some strain and forming aseat-bottoln that will yield longitudinally as well as transversely.

l/Ve clairn 1. In a vehicle-seat, the combination of the front and backrails, A B, grooved longitudinally on their inner faces their entirelength, the end rails, C D, secured thereto, the resilient slats F,secured at their ends in said grooves, and the spacing-blocks G,interposed between said slats at their ends, substantially as shown anddescribed.

2. The combination, in a vehicle-seat, of the longitudinall -groovedfront and back rails, A B, the end rails, O D, the guard-rail E, securedthereto, the resilient slats F, having their ends secured in the groovein the front and back rails by nails or otherwise, and thespacing-blocks G, interposed between the slats at their ends and securedin the grooves aforesaid in the manner and for the purpose substantiallyas shown and described.

In testimony whereof We afiix our signatures

